Recent appearances

• European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill - Committee: Amendment 2 6 Sep 2019

  My Lords, on a slightly more pedantic level, I will try to assist the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, with his earlier question. I think he thought that Lords sitting days had not been statutorily defined. They are actually defined in Section 13(16)—

• European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill - Committee: Amendment 2 6 Sep 2019

  I promised pedantry. They are defined in Section 13(16) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

• Parliament: Freedom of Speech and the Rule of Law - Motion to Take Note 23 May 2019

  My Lords, I start from the premise that there should be a comity between the courts and Parliament and that both should be, in the words of Lord Browne-Wilkinson in Prebble v Television New Zealand, “astute to recognise their respective constitutional roles”. There are two means of, as it were, keeping the tanks off each other’s lawns. One is article IX of the Bill of Rights, which says...

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Entered the House of Lords on 22 January 2015

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Currently held offices

• Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (since 1 Jul 2019)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (since 10 Nov 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee (8 Jun 2015 to 1 Jul 2019)

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• Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Lisvane’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 19.10% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 43 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)